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Early votes Nat’l Poet Merwin gives reading ‘alarmingly’ low for Duke by Julia Love THE CHRONICLE

by Ciaran O’Connor THE CHRONICLE

This year’s election season has so far proven a stark contrast to that of 2008, when masses of Dukies turned to the polls as part of an unprecedented youth turnout that propelled President Barack Obama to a narrow victory in North Carolina. With just five days until Election Day, less than 1 percent of Duke students have cast their ballots for the N.C. midterm elections, compared with a 91 percent Duke voter turnout two years ago, said Gunther Peck, Fred W. Shaffer associate professor of history and public policy. Early polls have been open since Oct. 14. As of Thursday, the Durham Board of Elections had counted just 68 votes cast by Duke students that live on campus, 40 of whom live on Central Campus. The board’s director, Mike Ashe, said just nine East Campus voters and 17 West Campus voters took to the polls, but noted that the statistics could be slightly depressed because they do not include those students that register and vote on the same day. Although it is normal for voter turnout to be lower in a midterm election than in a presidential one, Peck said the numbers See voting on page 6

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National Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin, William Blackburn Visiting Poet, read from his works to a full audience in the Gothic Reading Room Thursday evening after teaching a master class that afternoon.

When W.S. Merwin walked into room 328 of the Allen Building to teach a master class Thursday afternoon, he found each one of his pupils sitting before an illuminated screen, poised to take notes. The national poet laureate responded in kind, retrieving a worn green notebook bound with a rubber band from his breast pocket. “This is my work,” he said. When Merwin gave a reading before a packed Gothic Reading Room Thursday evening, the poems were dressed up, bound in sleek volumes and printed on glossy paper. But it was in the worn green notebook that they found their form and in daily life that they were inspired, the poet explained. “It may have been a phrase that seemed completely familiar, nothing out of the ordinary... and then suddenly you realize that the train is moving and you’re on it,” he said. When Merwin, the William Blackburn Visiting Poet at Duke, was named the national poet laureate in July, it was the latest in a long list of accolades. The poet has twice been honored with the Pulitzer Prize, along with the National Book Award, the Tanning Prize, the Bollingen Prize and the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, among others. “I remember feeling that you were the exemplar of the kind of formal elegance that I aspired to but could not reach,” Professor Emeritus of English James Applewhite, a distinguished poet himself, told See Merwin on page 6

Grad student Juniors denied housing exemptions arrested for burglary Sun. by Gracie Willert THE CHRONICLE

A Duke graduate student was arrested Sunday for firstdegree burglary, The Herald-Sun reported Tuesday. Sam Payton, a former Duke lacrosse player pursuing a master of business administration at the Fuqua School of Business, was arrested early Sunday morning after the Durham Police Department responded to a 4:10 a.m. call in the 2400 block of West Campus Boulevard. The residents of the home said they did not know Payton when police arrived, police spokeswoman Kammie Michael told The Herald Sun. Payton was released later that day from the Durham County Jail on a $30,000 secured bond. Payton’s lawyer, Bob Ekstrand, said in a statement that his client’s the arrest was a misunderstanding.

Administrators want Central Campus to be home to juniors returning from abroad next semester—but those feelings are not necessarily mutual. This year, 220 students applied to live off campus for the second half of their junior years, but just 66 were granted permission by the University, Linda Moiseenko, manager for Duke community housing, wrote in an e-mail. Although many juniors returning from Fall study abroad programs apply each year to live off campus in the Spring, Residence Life and Housing Services requires all students to live on campus for three years unless they receive an exemption. But some juniors have said they were informally assured that they would be able to live off campus in the Spring by RLHS and put money down for apartments before leaving the country. When official decisions were released in mid-October, many students were surprised that they had not been granted an exemption. But RLHS officials said students should not assume they will be granted exemptions until they are officially notified, even if last year few students were denied permission to

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Campus Council brainstorms house model ideas, Page 3

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The University approved just 66 of 220 requests among juniors returning from abroad to live off campus for the Spring semester.

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“John contributed his unique insights, enthusiasm and determination, and it was my good fortune to work with him.”

­—Prof. Emeritus Henry Grabowski on late friend John Vernon. See story page 3

Hunting groups are set loose in Duke Forest, Page 5

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Swing Dance Club Bryan Center Plaza, 6-6:30p.m. Part of a series of mini-performances by musicians, dancers and actors throughout campus over the next two weeks.

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Inception Bryan Center Griffith Theater, 9:30-11:30p.m. Didn’t understand it the first or second time you saw it? Join Freewater for another crack at it!

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Rocky Horror Picture Show The Singalong! Bryan Center Griffith Theater, 11:55p.m.-1:55a.m. Join Freewater for out second singalong of the year!

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“Before the takeover of Apple and Google, one of Microsoft’s biggest challengers was something called Red Hat Inc., a Linux distribution company. After seeing potential, Netscape and Intel invested in the Triangle-area company. Microsoft apparently felt so threatened by Linux that they wrote up an internal memo on how to get rid of Linux— the strategy was leaked the year before in what was called the ‘Halloween Document.’” — From The Chronicle News Blogs bigblog.dukechronicle.com

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Old and new buildings stand side by side in Istanbul’s Balat neighborhood, a historical area protected by UNESCO. Such historic but poor neighborhoods have attracted developers seeking to renovate the buildings, both to restore the old structures and to make a hefty profit from them. Some residents, however, protest that they are being forced out without adequate compensation.

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TODAY IN HISTORY 1929: Black Tuesday — the New York Stock Exchange crashes

Warren says Consumer Vietnam arrests bloggers Bureau needs technology before Clinton’s next visit Elizabeth Warren has talked early and often about molding the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau into a nimble, sophisticated watchdog built for the 21st century. The key to accomplishing that goal, as she sees it: information technology. Warren said officials have a fleeting opportunity to “think about what it means to build a new agency in a world where information travels at the speed of light,” according to prepared remarks for a speech Thursday evening at the University of California-Berkeley. “We can build a government agency that is responsive to the dynamics of our time, just as the town meeting responded to the 18th century and the classic government agency to the 20th. To get there, we need to reimagine the new consumer agency, using changes in technology to propel us,” Warren said.

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HANOI,Vietnam — In the run-up to a visit by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Vietnam has arrested two bloggers, refused to release another blogger after he completed a prison sentence and convicted three labor activists and six Catholic villagers on human rights-related offenses. The cases, which all occurred this week and which the U.S. Embassy expressed concern about in a statement Thursday, threaten the significant progress that has been made between the United States and Vietnam in recent months. Sharing a concern over the rise of China, officials from both countries boast that the relationship is better than ever. With her two-day visit starting Friday, Clinton will have been to Vietnam twice in the past four months. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates was here for talks two weeks ago for the first security dialogue betweenthe two countries’ defense officials in August.

Peace Corp volunteer total highest in 40 years

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Former econ Group considers house model questions department chair dies at 73 campus council

by Matthew Chase THE CHRONICLE

Campus Council and the University’s administration are moving forward with plans for the house model transition. Joe Gonzalez, associate dean of residence life, provided Campus Council members with an update on the new housing model that officials plan to implement in

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Campus Council President Stephen Temple, a senior, led a discussion sharing ideas for the house model to be implemented in Fall 2012.

Fall 2012. The changes will tentatively reconfigure dorms into more communal “houses.” The transition to the house model is intended to foster a sense of community among residents and be more equitable than the current model, Gonzalez said. “We are seeking to increase the communities that develop on West,” Gonzalez said, adding that the connections that form on East Campus serve as a good model. “There is a chance that can happen.” Although Gonzalez noted that housing location matters in the current setup, he said the new house model would strive to eliminate that notion. Campus Council President Stephen Temple, a senior, presented members with a timeline for the development of the house model. The House Model Working Group, which is composed of three student subcommittees that will handle the logistics, governance structure and house assignments, will work throughout the next three weeks to consolidate ideas and plans. Students and administrators will convene to discuss the specifics of its plans Monday, Temple added. At the Council’s Nov. 18 meeting, the three subcommittees will find a way to combine their work, Temple added. “Let’s just get the conversation rolling tonight,” Temple advised members, asking them to brainstorm about house model ideas and bring questions to the table. Although much of the Council’s discussion was off the record, members discussed broad topics, such as which students would be given priority to live in the houses and whether or not certain houses would be co-ed, and more specific details, such as the number of beds in each house, how resident advisers would operate within the house and the presence of certain amenities. “A lot of the answers we do not know yet,” Gonzalez

Retired economics professor John Vernon passed away after suffering a cardiac arrest Oct. 26. Vernon, 73, served as chair of the economics department from 1987 to 1989. He arrived at Duke after earning his Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1966, and stayed at Duke for more than four decades before retiring in 2007. The professor was an “honest and compassionate colleague” who was dedicated to the students he instructed, Henry Grabowski, professor John Vernon emeritus of economics and a friend of Vernon, said in a Duke press release. “We co-authored dozens of papers from the time I came to Duke in the 1970s,” Grabowski said. “John contributed his unique insights, enthusiasm and determination, and it was my good fortune to work with him on many interesting economic issues and policy problems.” In 1972, Vernon became a full professor and published more than nine books in subsequent years. His research centered on industrial organization and regulation, according to the release. His articles were published in a number of top academic journals for economics. Daniel Graham, professor of economics, said Vernon had “a remarkable talent for playing practical jokes” on his friends and colleagues.

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Media sues UNC over public record A coalition of North Carolina news organizations filed suit Thursday against several top UNC officials for access to public records in the university’s investigation of the school’s football program. Officials from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have refused to provide records related to the ongoing investigations into improper relationships with professional agents and academic misconduct since August, citing the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, a federal student privacy law, according The Daily Tar Heel. “Our perception is that the university is using FERPA as a blanket excuse to withhold any information about students that might be relevant,” said Daily Tar Heel Editor-inChief Sarah Frier, a senior, in an interview with The Chronicle. The DTH is one of the organizations filing suit against UNC. The Daily Tar Heel joined with The (Raleigh) News & Observer and six other publications to file the lawsuit in Orange County Superior Court. The suit names UNC Athletic Director Dick Baddour, head football coach Butch Davis, Director of Public Safety Jeff McCracken and Chancellor Holden Thorp as defendants. Thorp said he was “disappointed” by the lawsuit in a statement released Thursday. “The University is 100 percent committed to complying with our obligations under public records laws,” Thorp said in his statement. “We recognize the media’s legitimate interest in the football story, but we can’t ignore federal and state law with regard to confidential student and personnel records.” The suit seeks the release of unredacted phone records for the university-issued cell phones of Davis, Baddour and former associate coach John Blake; employment information for tutors hired by UNC and documents pertaining to former tutor Jennifer Wiley; internal documents associated with UNC’s investigation; parking tickets is-

Nat’l jobless claims decline unexpectedly

Dunkin’ Deltas

by Courtney Schlisserman bloomberg news

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Members of Delta Delta Delta sorority took turns sitting in a dunk booth on Main West Quadrangle Thrusday. The event was a fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. sued to 11 UNC football players; names of those who provided benefits to players and records of which players receive scholarships, according to The Daily Tar Heel. Frier said the DTH has been considering filing a lawsuit “in recent weeks.” “We had a couple of weeks of talking with the university trying to clarify our position and their position to see if they can see our side without a lawsuit, but they’re sticking,” Frier said. The DTH is represented by Amanda

Martin, who serves as counsel for the North Carolina Press Association and for reporters and editors at more than 200 publications. Other news organizations named as plaintiffs in the suit include the Charlotte Observer, News 14 Carolina, a cable TV station operated by Time Warner Entertainment-Advance/Newhouse Partnership; WTVD Television; Capitol Broadcasting; the Associated Press and Media General Operations. —from staff reports

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Applications for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week to the lowest level in three months, a signal the labor market may be starting to mend. Initial jobless claims decreased by 21,000 to 434,000 in the week ended Oct. 23, the lowest since early July when fewer auto plants than normal closed for retooling, Labor Department figures showed Thursday in Washington. The total number of people receiving unemployment insurance dropped to a two-year low, while those getting extended payments also fell. Consumer spending, which accounts for about 70 percent of the economy, is beginning to gain speed and may give companies reason to increase payrolls heading into the holiday shopping season. Ford is among companies planning to add staff as sales improve. “Certainly these are encouraging numbers,” said Brian Jones, an economist at Societe Generale in New York, who forecast claims would drop to 430,000. At the same time, he said, “given other labormarket readings you want to be hesitant about saying we’ve turned the corner.” The unadjusted data showed a 3 percent increase in claims in the week following the Columbus Day holiday period, smaller than the 7.9 percent rise that usually occurs during that time of year, a Labor Department spokesman told reporters as the figures were being released. For that reason, the seasonally adjusted figure showed a decrease. Economists forecast claims would increase to 455,000 from a previously See unemployment on page 8

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Hunting groups to Education dept. expands kill up to 200 deer oversight of college finances in Duke Forest by Nick Anderson THE washington post

by Lauren Carroll THE CHRONICLE

During the past several years, it has become clear that the increasing deer population in Duke Forest is problematic. This is the third year that Duke Forest is participating in the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission’s Deer Management Assistance Program. The program, which takes place each fall, selects two private professional hunting groups to hunt deer in designated areas of the forest. “The deer have eaten everything green,” said Marissa Hartzler, program director of Duke Forest. “It’s affecting the biodiversity of the forest.” Although there have been no reported cases on Duke’s campus, the overpopulation of deer has also resulted in an increased number of tick-borne diseases as well as deer-related car accidents throughout North Carolina, Hartzler said. “In the winter, there’s nothing for the deer to eat but our pine seedlings, which can slow down pine tree regrowth and [pine wood] is where we get a lot of our operating budget,” she added. Population research conducted by Duke Forest in 2008 found that in some areas, there were 80 deer in a single square mile even though the recommended density is 15 to 20 deer per square mile. This year, NCWRC has given the hunting groups permission to kill a maximum of 200 deer between its start date of Sept. 13 through Dec. 17. During this time, three sections of the forest will be closed to the public on weekdays. Although the program limits the forest’s recreational use, it has not affected University or outside research in the forest. Forest staff members have tried to minimize disruption while making sure those conducting research are safe, providing them with special parking permits and easy-to-see vests. The staff is also aware of the hunters’ and researchers’ locations at all times so both parties can work safely and simultaneously, Hartzler said. “Because the primary mission of the forest is research and teaching, the forest staff has been wonderful in continuing the research in the forest,” said Jeffrey Pippen, an instructor for Duke’s Program in Ecology. Pippen, whose research on forest understory was affected by the deer overpopulation, said he anticipates future benefits for his work from the program. However, he has not yet seen any immediate improvements. The program is also assisting in a related research project conducted by the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resource’s Environmental Health Division. The Tick Attachment Project, which began February 2009, asks for the submission of ticks across the state to raise awareness of tick-borne illnesses in North Carolina, according to Dr. Barry Engber, a medical entomologist for NCDENR’s Pest Management section. The increased deer population causes a rise in ticks, bringing many diseases to North Carolina such as Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Ehrlichia and Lyme Disease, he said. The professional hunting groups collect the ticks from the deer and send them to NCDENR. But the tick population remains prevalent in the forest. “There has not been enough reduction yet to make a difference that would be noticed,” Engber said. “You pretty much have to get the deer population down to almost nothing to control the [tick] population.” Duke Forest’s participation in the Deer Management Assistance Program has stirred some controversy. The main complaint comes from people who use the park for recreation, said Hartzler. “The base complaint is that we have to close the forest for liability concerns... that they cannot go to [those areas] of the forest during the week,” she said. “Our biggest concern is safety.” Although several areas of the forest have shown significant improvements, this will not be the program’s last year in the forest. “For so long, nothing was done,” Hartzler said. “We’re hoping that over time we will make a lot of progress, and then we won’t have to have such an intensive program.”

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Obama administration plans to announce Thursday new regulations for colleges that participate in federal student aid programs, an initiative that aims to reshape how admissions recruiters are paid, how course credits are defined and how career training programs are launched. Summaries of the 13 regulations, under development for more than a year, were circulated Wednesday among lawmakers. The rules will take effect in July and amount to a significant expansion of federal oversight of higher education.

A much-debated 14th proposal would force for-profit colleges and others that offer non-degree vocational programs to meet new standards related to student debt to qualify for federal aid. Known as the “gainful employment” proposal, it is pending and expected to be resolved by early next year. For-profit colleges are lobbying heavily against the proposal. The new package of rules “will help ensure that students are getting from schools what they pay for: solid preparation for a good job,” Education Secretary Arne Duncan said in a statement. Education officials See federal aid on page 8

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voting from page 1 indicating Duke’s political turnout this year are exceptionally and alarmingly low. He noted that whereas Duke’s voter turnout in 2008 was greater than that of surrounding universities, its turnout this year has been one-tenth that of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “Duke went from being a leader to a distant laggard,” he said. Peck said the numbers could be explained in part by the fact that students who wish to vote this year must head off campus, whereas they were able to vote at an on-campus early voting site in 2008. “All students had to do was show an ID on their way to Chick-fil-A, vote, and they were done... it was obviously very convenient,” he said, adding that Durham does not have enough money to provide a similar site in a midterm election season. “What is unusual and alarming to me [this year] is just how negligible the turnout has been... particularly for a school that prides itself on engagement.” Both the Duke Democrats and the Duke College Republicans have been active in promoting their preferred candidates this Fall, but the two groups have differed in their strategies. The Duke Dems are focusing on voter transportation, while DCR is concentrating its efforts on phone banking for incumbent

Republican Senator Richard Burr. “Unfortunately, a lot of our activities have been focused not necessarily on campus,” said DCR president Stephen Bergin, a senior. He referred all further comment to DCR Chief of Staff Rachel Provost, a senior, who emphasized the group’s collaboration with the Burr campaign over any voting awareness and transportation campaigns. Sophomore Elena Botella, a member of the Duke Dems, said it does not make sense for DCR to encourage students to vote because the majority of them are Democrats. The Duke Dems, on the other hand, hope to maximize student turnout at the polls through direct action. “We’ve been mass e-mailing students and [offering them rides].... We’ve driven about 25 students so far,” Botella said, adding that the organization has asked the University to provide students with buses that will shuttle them to the polls on Election Day as it did in 2008. Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta said the University does not plan to offer such transportation to the polls and noted that midterm elections are generally approached differently than presidential ones. Students who wish to vote early may do so at 706 West Corporation St. until Saturday. On Election Day Nov. 2, students who registered on East may vote at 700 Watts St. and students who registered on West may vote at 2614 Crest St.

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Although Duke student turnout at the polls was 91 percent two years ago during the 2008 presidential election, only 68 students have cast a vote for the midterm elections this year.

merwin from page 1 Merwin when introducing him in the Gothic Reading Room. “[Merwin’s poems] win us, by delight in their craft and precise representations, to love them. They help us make our souls. Help me welcome the maker of the most essential connective poetry of our time.” Merwin noted that he had deep reservations about being designated as the nation’s poet, explaining that it “seemed so un-me.” He ultimately decided to accept the post when he realized it was an opportunity to promote the world view that all life is interconnected. Characterized by some critics as a member of the “ecopoetry” movement, Merwin said he never begins a poem with a desire to advocate for the environment. Such a process, he explained, would result in the composition of propaganda. Yet a love for the natural world ultimately shines through in the pieces, Applewhite said. “[The poems] bring us a sense of belonging, from beyond conscious knowledge, restoring us to our primal selves, before thought and feeling were pulled apart,” he said. “They do this by locating us in fields, beside rivers, in long-time inhabited places, which represent locally the wider universe that has evolved with us. This poetry is the felt meaning of residence on Earth. It gives us back the dignity of living in a world to which we have a natal relation.” Thursday’s reading, bookended by poems about animals, offered the audience a condensed chronology of the poet’s decades-long body of work. Reflecting with a small group of students in the master class, Merwin noted that many of the relics of his childhood have been destroyed. The church he attended as a boy burned down. The house he grew up in was purchased by a developer who dismantled its porch and “put asbestos shingles on it.” It is a process of loss that everyone must endure, he said. “Now it seems to be happening faster than ever,” he added. “You go back in a few years and the whole thing is completely gone.” Life in a small French village that had been the same way for centuries thrilled Merwin when he was in his early 20s.

“The past was right there,” he said. “I grew up in a place where no one even knew who their grandparents were.... I was hooked.” Merwin’s poetry can have this power for readers. “Human time, in his evocations, encloses permanencies in its transiency,” Applewhite said. “Memory is a strange, dream-like part of the spirit-self which knows of times beyond the brief flash of consciousness.” When speaking with students and before the audience of the Gothic Reading Room, the poet’s inquisitive spirit was made plain. He asked many questions he said could not be answered. “Where is the poem? Is it on the page? What happens if you lose the piece of paper?” Merwin said. “These are questions that you want to keep coming back to.” Merwin noted that poems written for children are among his favorites, a fact that begets more questions. “Does this mean that the part of us that loves poems is a child?” he asked. “Maybe it does. Wouldn’t that be wonderful.” Merwin questioned young writers who attended the master class about their reliance on technology, noting that he is deeply concerned about its implications for poetry. With laptops on hand, some young writers feel no need to use the notebook Merwin keeps in his breast pocket. “To me it sounds different, what is written that way,” he said. “There is potentially a lot of loss to going that way.... I can’t believe poetry can survive without ever really hearing it at any point in the composition.” Although Merwin remains loyal to pen and paper, Applewhite said he sees an evolution in the poet’s work over time. “He’s always been, though, a marvelous poet. His first blank verse stuff was good in its kind, but it was much more academic and traditional, and this is really innovative and fresh,” Applewhite said. “He’s 82 years old and he’s writing very fresh stuff.” The poet closed the reading by sharing poems he has composed following the publication of his latest volume, “Shadow of Sirius,” which won the Pulitzer Prize. The last verses of “A Coming of Age” suggest a certain maturity: “It will not be enough. It will be enough.”

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You spin my head right round

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The Nasher Student Advisory Board hosted the all-campus “Right Round: A Nasher Party” Thursday night, featuring art, a DJ and free food at the Nasher Museum of Art.

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live off campus. This year, a number of beds remain available on Central Campus for the Spring, and RLHS must fill them because it depends on the revenue they generate, according to Moiseenko. “What is important for students to understand is they should not expect automatic release by entering the lottery based on previous years’ lottery results,” she wrote. But junior Sarah Krueger said that she was encouraged to pursue off-campus living options by RLHS officials before she ultimately signed a lease. “Prior to going abroad, I called RLHS multiple times to talk to them about the off-campus lottery process,” Krueger wrote in an e-mail Tuesday. “Every time, I was led to believe that being released from the on-campus housing requirement was very probable, in fact, almost certain. They even went so far as to encourage me to sign an off-campus apartment lease and put down a deposit, which I did at West Village.” Krueger and a friend were able to find an apartment of the size they wanted in West Village for less than it costs to live on Central. In preparation for the Spring, Krueger bought furniture for her new living space. Other juniors understood the danger of assuming they would be granted an exemption but decided to risk losing their deposits on apartments instead of trying to search for vacant off-campus housing in the Spring. “I fully understood the off-campus lottery process, but I made those plans based on previous years in which the majority of returning abroad students [got] released from housing,” junior Caroline Long wrote in an e-mail Tuesday. “Since each incoming freshman class is growing in size and... almost everyone was released last year—I assumed my chances of [winning] the off-campus lottery were high.”

said. “A lot of the specifics haven’t been decided—they can’t be decided at this point.” In other business: Gonzalez updated Council members on the status of the coed housing option on West. At their meeting last week, members approved the coed housing option, an opt-in program that will allow males and females to live together in a small, opt-in residence unit. After discussing the option, RLHS administrators decided that the coed option may work best in certain “pods” of Edens Quadrangle. The rooms in the pods—which consist of a bathroom surrounded by a number of rooms—could be coed, but the bathrooms would remain single sex. Students would tentatively walk across the hall to use the appropriate bathroom. Although students said that the pod model would not be appropriate in certain parts of Edens, most agreed that the pod idea would work. Referring to Edens 2A, at-large representative Mallory Contois, a junior, noted that the potential set-up may be exposing for some students using the shower. “If a girl had to walk across, and then walk back across... I don’t know how appealing that would be.” Gonzalez said RLHS will use the student feedback when finalizing the coed plans. “We needed to know if the Edens equation had potential,” Gonzalez said.

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reported 452,000 for the prior week, according to the median of 47 projections in a Bloomberg News survey. Estimates ranged from 430,000 to 464,000. The four-week moving average of claims, a less volatile measure, fell to 453,250, also the lowest since July, from 458,750. Fewer auto plants than usual closed for modelyear retooling in July, pushing down the level of claims that month. Prior to July, the last time claims were this low was in August 2008. The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits fell by 122,000 in the week ended Oct. 16 to 4.36 million, the fewest since November 2008. The continuing claims figure does not include the number of Americans receiving extended and emergency benefits under federal programs. Those who’ve used up their traditional benefits and are now collecting emergency and extended payments decreased by about 414,100 to 4.66 million in the week ended Oct. 9. The unemployment rate among people eligible for benefits, which tends to track the jobless rate, held at 3.5 percent for a third week in the period ended Oct. 16. Companies in September added 64,000 workers, while total payrolls that include government agencies fell a larger-thanforecast 95,000, Labor Department figures showed Oct. 8. Ford, the second-largest U.S. automaker, plans to invest $850 million and add 1,200 jobs in Michigan by 2013 as sales rebound, the company said Monday. It will add 900 hourly positions in its factories and 300 salaried jobs at its engineering and manufacturing operations, it said.

say rules are needed because the government provides tens of billions of dollars each year in grants and loans to college students. Among the key provisions: - Elimination of exceptions to a ban on incentive compensation for admissions recruiters based solely on their success in securing enrollment. Obama officials said those exceptions, which date to the George W. Bush administration, encouraged aggressive or misleading recruiting practices. - A requirement for for-profit schools, and others that offer nondegree programs, to notify the government when they intend to launch a career-training program. In some cases, the government might ask schools to formally apply for approval of the programs. Obama officials said the provision would help them prevent abuses that might arise with the forthcoming “gainful employment” rule. - A federal definition of a “credit hour” as a course unit that signifies one hour of class time and two hours of homework per week. The regulation gives schools leeway, officials said, to establish equivalent measurements and clarifies that the definition is not intended for academic purposes but only for verifying eligibility for financial aid. Harris Miller, president of the Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities, a group that represents the for-profit sector, said the provision on career-training programs appeared

to respond to industry concerns. An earlier version, he said, had signaled a tougher federal stance on program approval. “It sounds like they’re moving toward a more pragmatic approach,” Miller said. But Miller said the sector still has concerns about the incentive compensation rule, which he said “is going to create a lot of uncertainty and potential litigation.” The Washington Post Co. operates for-profit colleges through its Kaplan subsidiary and owns more than 8 percent of stock in Corinthian Colleges Inc., based in Santa Ana., Calif. The credit-hour issue drew concerns from the American Council on Education, which represents college and university presidents. “It sounds like they are going ahead with their plan to federalize the definition of a credit hour,” said Terry Hartle, a senior vice president of the council, although he cautioned that he had not yet read the fine print. “I don’t think any industry is improved by increasing federal control over it.” Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, chairman of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, praised the stronger incentive compensation rules. He called the rules “an important first step toward protecting the billions of taxpayer dollars invested in for-profit colleges.” Rep. John Kline, Minn., the top Republican on the House Education and Labor Committee, voiced concerns about increased federal scrutiny of new vocational programs. He said he wanted to ensure that regulations would not be “inhibiting to schools that want to be nimble and provide the kind of education and training we need.”

vernon from page 3 “When John was on leave in England with Jerry, some of his former victims, virtually the entire department as I recall, conspired to take revenge,” Graham said in the release. “While the details of this and other similar events are best omitted, it’s impossible to remember any of them without smiling. No one ever had a better friend than John.” A memorial service will honor Vernon Saturday, Oct. 30 at 3 p.m. at the Howerton & Bryan Funeral Chapel in Durham.

arrest from page 1 “My client made the mistake of attempting to enter what he believed to be his friends’ house after a night out with his friends. This unfortunate mistake no doubt alarmed the homeowner and the police, and for that he is terribly sorry. But it did not involve any criminal activity—he was not driving a car and no one was inSam Payton jured. We hope to resolve this matter promptly with all involved, who will have our full cooperation.”

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Carolina tops Duke behind Jones hat trick Senior Night dampered by loss to Tar Heels by Nicholas Schwartz THE CHRONICLE

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Duke’s seniors could not come away with a win on their senior night, falling 5-3 to arch-rival North Carolina.

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It is do-or-die time for the Blue Devils. After nine wins in the first two seasons of the David Cutcliffe era, many people, including the team, thought this could be the year that Duke reached its first bowl since 1994. Now, on the heels of losing six consecutive games after a solid showing in the season opener, the Blue Devils (1-6) will have to run the table to make the postseason. That ambitious goal starts tomorrow against Navy (5-2) at 3:30 p.m. in Annapolis, Md. “We know that we can still go 6-6,” running back Jay Hollingsworth said. “That’s the goal for us right now and winning out isn’t out of the question.” Duke will be facing a familiar foe in the Midshipmen—not only have the Blue Devils played Navy in five of the last six seasons, but they saw the triple option offense earlier this year against Army. Duke was relatively successful in stopping the Black Knights’ running game,

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Coming off three successive conference victories, a rejuvenated Duke squad gave North Carolina a scare on Senior Night, as eight Blue Devil seniors hoped to bid farewell to Koskinen Stadium with Duke’s first upset over the Tar Heels since 2005. North Carolina’s opportunistic strike force proved too much DUKE 3 to handle, though, and a Courtney 5 UNC Jones hat trick spoiled the party as the Tar Heels won, 5-3. Though the Blue Devils (10-6-3, 4-5-1 in the ACC) fell to North Carolina in the last game of the regular season, Duke’s late-season surge secured the team a spot in the ACC Tournament next week in Cary, N.C. With seeding implications on the line against the No. 4 Tar Heels (15-2-1, 7-2-0), however, the Blue Devils had plenty to play for Thursday, but defensive mistakes and wasted scoring chances condemned Duke. Just seven minutes in, the Tar Heels knocked on the door as the Blue Devil backline struggled to contain a dangerous North Carolina frontline. Striker Crystal Dunn’s cross into the box was headed goalward from eight yards out by Courtney Jones, but Tara Campbell made an acrobatic save to push the ball off the underside of

the crossbar, keeping the Tar Heels off the scoreboard. Unfortunately for Duke, it was seemingly the only time Jones would be denied. In the 21st minute, Jones capitalized on an uncharacteristic error by senior Marybeth Kreger for the first of her three goals. Under pressure near the half line, Kreger was stripped of the ball after lingering too long, letting Dunn quickly cross the ball to Jones, who drilled a shot from the corner of the penalty box into the roof of the net. “Carolina is definitely a high pressure team, everyone is going to work 100 percent when they’re playing,” striker Mollie Pathman said. Unable to sustain possession against a ravenous Tar Heel defense, the Blue Devils failed to pressure North Carolina goalkeeper Hannah Daly for the majority of the first half, but a key substitution by Church led to a shock goal in the 39th minute. Reserve freshman Alex Straton came in and sent an inch-perfect cross over the top of the Tar Heel defense to find Pathman in space on the left side of the penalty area. The striker fired a quick shot to the far post which squeaked past Daly to bring Duke back on level terms. North Carolina snatched a goal just three minutes later, however, as the Blue Devils

limiting the team to a respectable 3.8 yards per carry. The defense knows what it has to do to be effective Saturday. “It’s just really up to you to step up to the challenge—be assignment sound, fundamentally sound, alignment sound,” senior linebacker Abraham Kromah said. “It’s just a matter of doing what we have to do. There’s really no magic to it.” Duke’s defense isn’t taking any chances in its preparation for Navy, bracing itself for the possibility of senior quarterback Ricky Dobbs airing it out. In 2007, the Blue Devils were caught off guard by 21 pass attempts from the Midshipmen en route to a 46-43 Navy win. And against the Black Knights earlier this year, quarterback Trent Steelman burned Duke with two touchdown throws of over 30 yards. “Defensively, knowing that we were hurt the last time we played an option team with a couple of big plays in the passing game, we spend a lot more time See navy on page 11

Trio of freshmen help lead Duke in final games by Danny Vinik THE CHRONICLE

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Jonathan Aguirre has skillfully manned the midfield and will play an integral part in Duke’s postseason.

When then-seniors Josh Bienenfeld and Ryan McDaniel graduated after last season, head coach John Kerr lost two key central midfielders from his squad. Fortunately for Duke, V.T. the coach brought in vs. a class of nine freshmen, three of whom­ Duke —Jonathan Aguirre, Sebastien Ibeagha SATURDAY, 7 p.m. and Rob Dolot— Blacksburg, Va. have started nearly every game this year for the Blue Devils. They have played, and will continue to play, an instrumental part in Duke’s push for success in the postseason. Hailing from Madison, N.J., Aguirre came in with high expectations and, for the most part, has lived up to them. Though his collegiate career got off to a rough start when he was given a red card in his first game as a Blue Devil, Aguirre has manned the midfield See freshmen on page 11

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Blue Devils ranked AP No. 1 The Blue Devils have taken the top spot in the first Associated Press poll of the 2010-2011 season. Duke is coming off its fourth national championship, and it won every tournament it entered last season. “Any time a team is voted No. 1, it is an honor,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said in a statement. “We’ve been fortunate to be in that position several times at Duke and we are appreciative when people think so highly of us. However, we have a lot of work to do to get ready for the regular season. We have a talented, but developing, team. As always, our defense needs to be constant throughout the year in order to succeed at the highest level.” In a departure from the previous year’s style, the newest edition of the Blue Devils will play an uptempo game spearheaded at the point by freshman Kyrie Irving. Player of the Year candidates Nolan Smith and Kyle Singler lead a team which boasts one of the most talented backcourts in college basketball: Smith and Irving are joined by newcomers Tyler Thornton, sophomore Andre Dawkins and sophomore Seth Curry—who sat out last season due to transfer rules. The Blue Devils received 55 of 65 possible first-place votes, with eight votes going to No. 2 Michigan State and the remaining two awarded to No. 3 Kansas State. The top ten is rounded out by Ohio State, Pittsburgh, Villanova, Kansas, North Carolina, Florida and Syracuse. The honor marks the seventh time Duke has been honored with the preseason No. 1 ranking. The last occasion came in 2005-06, when J.J. Redick and Shelden Williams returned for their senior seasons. —from staff reports

w. soccer from page 9 were caught out of position following a corner kick. With only one defender not attacking the corner, the Tar Heels forced a two-on-one situation on the counter attack, and Emmalie Pfankuch easily slipped the ball past Campbell to give North Carolina the lead. With the Duke defense perhaps still stunned by surrendering the lead late in the first, Jones scored again just 84 seconds into the second half, when striker Kealia Ohai broke the Blue Devil backline and layed the ball off, enabling Jones to finish from six yards. She completed her hat trick in the 79th minute, when a shot from close range deflected off center back Ashley Rape and went through the legs of Campbell. Duke showed its resiliency, however, and gave the Tar Heels a scare in the final 15 minutes. After Chelsea Canepa’s bullish run through the defense and subsequent strike past Daly brought the Blue Devils back to life, Pathman brought Duke within a goal in the 80th minute. A combination from Canepa and Kim DeCesare sent Pathman streaking down the left flank, and a deft flick across the face of the goal left Daly outstretched, bringing the score to 4-3. “It was good to see some adversity set in. We never dropped our heads, we never quit playing,” Church said. Though Church put two extra strikers on the field to try and earn a draw, the North Carolina defense remained stout, and Jones sealed the deal for the Tar Heels with just seconds remaining. Her run to the goal line stretched the Duke defense, and Jones found an open Ohai in the center of the box, who easily finished to make the game 5-3. Though the Blue Devils could not send off their seniors on a high note, the journey does not end here for Duke, as it now moves to the ACC Tournament next Wednesday. With a week of training ahead of them, the Blue Devils will prepare to make a deep run, and possibly face another matchup against conference favorite North Carolina. According to Church, Duke will be ready to go in Cary. “We could see this team again,” he said. “We look forward to that if it happens.”

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Duke hosts ACCs set to start in Boston Georgia Tech Duke men and women and Clemson both bring top 15 rankings by Sarah Elsakr THE CHRONICLE

The Duke men’s cross country team will head to the ACC Championships this weekend, bringing with it a top-15 ranking, an undefeated conference record and confidence in its ability to take the team title. Head coach Norm Ogilvie said the team’s strategy is simple. “Our strategy is to win,” he said. The Duke men will face their toughest competition yet in Boston, as the ACC is the only conference with five of the nation’s top 30 ACC teams. Florida State, VirChampionship ginia, and N.C. State are acknowledged as Duke’s October 30 top opponents. But while Franklin Park these three teams have Boston, Mass. had impressive performances throughout the season, Duke has already beaten N.C. State and Virginia. As of now, the main challenge arises from the Seminoles, which have a racing strategy similar to that of Duke. Like the Blue Devils, Florida State runners regularly use their endurance and depth to grab come-frombehind wins, and both teams are therefore favored in bigger, more competitive races. The two teams have yet to go head-to-head this season, but based on their previous performances, they seem to be evenly matched. “We beat Virginia at the [Panorama Farms] Invitational, we beat N.C. State earlier in the year, the only team we haven’t faced is [Florida State],” senior Bo Waggoner said. “It definitely gives us confidence to know that we are on that kind of level.... It’s a good sign.” Despite the fact that N.C. State’s Ryan Hill and Virginia’s Emil Heineking are expected to compete for the individual title, Duke does not want to let the team win slip away. “We’re the best, the hungriest and the most experienced,” Ogilvie said. “Five of [our] top seven are seniors. We’ve been through the ACCs.” The team echoes this determination, and despite the nerves that come before any major meet, the Blue Devils will try to go out and prove themselves yet again. With five runners looking at their last chance to win the ACCs, the men are not about to let the competition deter them. “Of course we think we have a chance, we think we’re going to win,” Ogilvie said. “We respect our opponents, but we don’t fear them.” The Blue Devil women will also head to Boston this weekend to race in the ACCs, but have a more individualized approach than the men. “Our main strategy is to focus on racing the course,” women’s head coach Kevin Jermyn said. “We come up with individual race plans for each athlete based on her strengths.” Still, the Duke women will look to Florida State as their benchmark, and they want to stay close to their opponents during the race. With five other ranked teams in the meet, the competition is intense, but nothing outside the norm for the Duke runners, who have raced a meet with ten teams in the nation’s top 30. “We don’t dwell on [the competition],” Jermyn said. “The girls are not intimidated.”

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Senior Claire Smalzer and Duke currently sit in a tie for first in the ACC. The team hosts Clemson and Georgia Tech this weekend. by Jacob Levitt THE CHRONICLE

When Duke faced Clemson and Georgia Tech earlier in the year, the Blue Devils came away with two five-set wins on their opponents’ home floors. This weekend the Tigers and Yellow Jackets will look to settle the score by stealing wins in Duke’s house. “Hopefully for us, they’re thinking about the loss more than about revenge and getting another win,” senior Becci Burling said. “We beat them both in five on their home courts. They’re both going to come in here very hungry, and we know that.... It’s going to be a battle, so I think we’re all very excited for it.” But to play effectively against Clemson (14-8, 5-6 in the ACC) and Clemson Georgia Tech (14-9, 7-4), Duke will have to overcome its own demons, vs. stemming from a heartbreaking collapse to then-No. 24 Florida Duke State last Sunday. After taking a two-set lead, the Blue Devils were FRIDAY, 7 p.m. not able to sustain their intensity Cameron Indoor and allowed the Seminoles to take the next three sets for the victory. Head coach Jolene Nagel emG.T. phasized that Duke (17-4, 9-2) has vs. to remain positive. She believes the team has shown the mental Duke fortitude in bouncing back from previous losses. SATURDAY, 7 p.m. “That was very crushing to all of Cameron Indoor us—our team and our staff—to be up like that and not get that one closed,” Nagel said. “[But] I think our team is pretty good about... learning from what has occurred, so I have complete confidence that we’ll be able to move on from the loss.” The clearest lesson from that game, according to senior Claire Smalzer, is the importance of not letting up once the team attains a lead. The defensive specialist thinks playing at home will help the Blue Devils maintain momentum. “We always play well at home,” she said. “Cameron is just a great atmosphere and we feel really comfortable [there].” These two games are particularly important to Duke not just because the team is in a tie for first in the ACC, but because it represents an excellent chance to see if the Blue Devils can succeed against high-quality competition. “It’s the second half of the ACC season... where we can really make a statement for how we want to finish the ACC season and continue that into postseason,” Burling said. “It starts this weekend with these matches.” Duke opens its two-match homestand against Clemson Friday at 7 p.m. and will face Georgia Tech Saturday at 7 p.m.

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man, Sebastien Ibeagha, has been instrumental on the backline for the Blue Devils this season. Brother to senior captain Christian Ibeagha, Sebastien started alongside his with poise and skill. “Johnny is a really good ball-winner, brother at the center of the defense in the a really tough kid,” senior captain Cole first game of the season, but Sebastien left Grossman said. “[He’s] big and strong that match at halftime with an injury. When [and] wins a ton of balls in the midfield, he finally returned a few games later, it was his older brother who was sidelined, and which is really huge [for us].” While Aguirre was highly-rated com- Christian is now out for the remainder of ing out of high school and was expected the season with a fracture in his shin. The to contribute significantly to the offense two brothers will get another chance to play this year, Rob Dolot, a freshman from off each other next year, though, as Christian Belleville, Mich., entered Duke with low- redshirted and will return for a fifth year. Luckily for Kerr, Sebastien has stayed er expectations. To the surprise of even Kerr, Dolot has shined in both practices healthy after his initial stint on the sideand games, taking over an open position lines. He has teamed with sophomore Anin the midfield alongside Aguirre and drew Wenger, senior Nick Sih and redshirtsenior Matthew Thomas to form one of the starting all 15 games this season. After Dolot scored his first career goal most imposing backlines in the ACC. “When you lose your senior captain, in Duke’s dramatic 2-2 tie with Virginia Sept. 11, Kerr applauded the midfielder’s pretty much for the whole season, it’s pretty nice to have a super athletic brother of poise under pressure. “He’s such a composed player for such a his to step in and do a great job,” Grossyoung player and that’s what I liked about him man said. The younger Ibeagha has benefited when I was recruiting him,” Kerr said after that game. “He was a bit of a diamond in the greatly from having his older brother rough. I poached him out of Michigan and guiding him through his freshman year, brought him to this team because I thought both on and off the field. And when the he could hold the ball for us, and he’s actually elder Ibeagha isn’t giving his brother tips on opponents, he is always playing even better than I thought he was.” With just two games remaining in the reg- around with him—especially over who ular season, Kerr continues to be impressed dresses the best. “They’re like girls with clothes, sharing by the progress and maturity of Dolot. “He’s just gone from strength to each other’s clothes and shoes,” Grossstrength, and he’s really adapted his style man said, laughing. “I think Sebastien to the speed of play in the ACC and he’s dresses better.” The Blue Devils (7-4-4, 1-3-2 in the done great for us,” Kerr said. “He wasn’t expected to come in right away and con- ACC) take on Virginia Tech (4-10-1, 1-41) tomorrow tribute big at 7 p.m. in minutes, but Blacksburg, he’s earned Va. for their those minsecond-toutes and we last regular need him.” season game. At just Grossman 5-foot-8, Dominced no lot is one of words when the smallest describing players on where the the squad, Blue Devils and he conare at this sistently faces stage of the players who season. are signifi“We know cantly bigger what’s at than he is. stake at this While high point.... And school soccer to be fair, it’s is full of playnot what we ers his size, envisioned at Dolot is one this point,” of the smallhe said. “But est starting there’s no midfielders ted knudsen/The Chronicle reason to in the ACC. feel bad for The third Freshman Sebastien Ibeagha played with his brother, Christian, ourselves or starting fresh- for one game before both players fell to injuries.

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navy from page 9 [on it],” Cutcliffe said. “We certainly respect Dobbs’s ability to throw the ball.” In that game against Army, the Blue Devils’ offensive shortcomings were their undoing. Five Blue Devil turnovers led to 28 points for the Black Knights, and quarterback Sean Renfree was picked off on two of the first three drives, putting Duke in a 14-0 hole just over halfway into the opening period. Turnovers have continued to plague the Blue Devils throughout the season. In each of the team’s last three defeats, Duke has lost the turnover battle, most notably giving the ball away seven times against Miami Oct. 16. Renfree, who completed 71 percent of his passes in the first two games, now leads the country in intercep-

tions with 15 and has seen his playing time decline in favor of mobile quarterback Brandon Connette. “There’s no good reason for it,” Cutcliffe said about the turnovers. “It’s just a lack of execution on our part.” The Blue Devils will have to protect the ball against the Midshipmen, who rank among the country’s leaders in time of possession and frequently use all four downs to move the ball up the field, bolstered by their powerful running game. “The thing you have to do is be disciplined,” Cutcliffe said. “You need good first-down production, and you certainly can’t turn the ball over.” Do or die: Duke faces that particularly ghoulish task the day before Halloween— one it must accomplish in order to keep its bowl hopes alive.

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Cost Reduction and Access Act, Lawson has been less supportive. Lawson’s calls for private companies to invest more money in domestic research are interesting, but his appeal to end all federal funding for research is untenable. Demanding the cessation of all federal funding for research during an already depressed economy threatens the life blood of the district’s many universities—further federal cuts would also have a real impact on the students, professors and employees who are involved in research. In terms of the pressing matters facing our nation, Price’s stances on issues like health care and the economy are reasonable. While more needs to be done to combat the region’s economic struggles, Price’s platform is a rational response

to the challenges facing North Carolina and the nation. On the other hand, Lawson’s platform calls for a complete upheaval of government. This may appeal to the type of populist anger fueling the Tea Party movement, but it fails to adequately deal with the reality of our problems. Even if one disagrees with Price’s politics, his more nuanced engagement with the difficulties facing the state and the nation distinguish his candidacy from that of his opponent. We believe Price’s years of service and commitment to this district make him the clear choice for reelection to Congress. The Chronicle’s Editorial Board formally endorses Rep. David Price. Remember to vote Tuesday Nov. 2 .

The uses of despair

hose 33 Chilean miners are the happiest peo- out a duct would open up in the ceiling. Sandple I’ve ever seen. There’s something about wiches would emerge through the opening, along being alive, and being made viscerally aware with other basic necessities, such as a fresh edition of that fact, that can put a big smile of “War and Peace,” a flashlight on your face. Most of us don’t think with spare batteries and a case of in those terms; we’re more concerned vodka. Psychologists and literature with just getting through the day. professors could provide therapy Under normal conditions of life, via telephone from the surface. In trivial things can seem pretty impordue time—ideally the term would tant. Speaking for myself, just getting be unpredictable in length—the a pair of those cool Oakley sunglasses client would be brought back up would be a huge thrill. Higher up the the light, 20 pounds lighter, carol apollonio into scale is seeing your kids have a betcured of neurosis and despair and what would ter life. Along those lines, I saw some deposited into the arms of loving real smiles last weekend in the movie family members. dostoevsky do? “Waiting for ‘Superman,’” the new If the idea of therapeutic tourdocumentary about low-performing ism doesn’t appeal, the mine American public schools. The moments of elation would make an excellent maximum-security priscome at the end, when the kids and their families on. It would be remarkably economical: no conattend the lotteries that select students for alterna- struction costs, no danger of escape and only the tive public charter schools. A lucky 8 percent or so most minimal staffing requirements—just some of the applicants win slots in the entering class. personnel to send down the food and supplies. It’s quite the spectacle, something like the Miss The funds saved could be redirected to schools, America competition or, say, America’s Next Top rectifying the current imbalances in funding for Model. School officials stand on a stage at the front educational and correctional institutions. (In the of the crowded gymnasium pulling numbered U.S., the cost of educating a public school student balls out of a hopper. They call out the lucky num- is $10,000 annually; $33,000 maintains an inmate bers one by one, and small clusters of people leap for one year.) Even factoring in the airfare to screaming and crying into the air, hugging their Chile, the savings would be considerable. bewildered kids. They have escaped the darkness. For whatever reason, this has been a big year for The other 92 percent slump down in the folding being buried alive. One of the summer’s big films chairs, tears rolling down their cheeks. Children is a thriller entitled “Buried,” which is set almost stare mutely up into their parents’ faces; they’ve entirely in a dark coffin. On some level I think never seen them cry. we crave the experience. Literature, which Ezra Rumor has it they’re planning to close that Pound once called “news that stays news,” offers mine now that they’ve got everybody out. That an array of katabatic journeys in which the hero would be a crying shame; it could still do a lot of descends into the underworld and then returns to good for the world. Think of the potential uses. If the surface with a new appreciation for life. Why bringing people up from the mine made them so not join in the fun? Start with the Greek classics. happy, the place could be opened up as a travel Then read Dante’s “Inferno.” Pick up some prison destination for unhappy people. The infrastruc- memoirs from just about anywhere. End with Dosture is in place: state-of-the-art engineering equip- toevsky’s “Notes From Underground,” whose hero ment, media links and a local population already is still down there in the mine and has no idea trained and eager for gainful employment. The whether he will ever get out. When you’re done locale is already famous so only the most minimal reading you’ll feel great. advertising would be required. I have a list of people I’d like to send down into By contrast with a comparable enterprise al- that mine, ranging from distant, envied celebrities ready in the works for 2011—tourist excursions on to annoying neighbors. Admit it, you have a list the space shuttle—the cost would be within reach too. Don’t feel guilty, though, and don’t pity them. of at least a moderately wealthy clientele. It would It’s for their own good. be the equivalent of a spa vacation, with tough love Ask any reader of Russian literature: despair is added in. The visitors would be lowered down in therapeutic. the capsule. The conditions endured by the miners could be duplicated exactly: an initial period Carol Apollonio is an associate professor of the pracof isolation in total darkness, with involuntary de- tice in Slavic and Eurasian studies and a faculty in resitoxification and a crash diet of canned tuna fish dence in Wilson Residence Hall on East Campus. Her and crackers. Just when the food is about to run column runs every other Friday.

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Six stories for Halloween

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ast year I wrote a column titled “The Seven Books That Changed My Life.” The column was not hard to write as books come easy to me, so I was mildly surprised when I began receiving feedback from students and administrators about my list and their own dream roster. This year, I’ve decided to switch it up—stories instead of novels and, since we’re nearing Halloween, why not play thomas around with really messed up gebremedhin stuff? These stories are scary, but not necessarily in the traword by word ditional, grab-your-crucifix type of way. So, no monsters (except for the human kind). And if you like the short stories and want something longer, I’ve listed some novels that are similar in theme and style. 1) “A Romantic Weekend” by Mary Gaitskill. She has been hailed as the “downtown princess of darkness” and the “queen of kink,” so this story is the perfect introduction to her collective work. A woman named Beth decides to go on a romantic vacation with a man who is married. The trip gets twisted when Beth does not listen to her fight-or-flight instinct and lives out a series of S&M fantasies with the man all in the name of “love.” Best Line: “Why do you think I was so rough back there? Deep down, I’m afraid I’ll fall in love with you, that I’ll need to be with you and f-—k you... forever.” Novel: “Veronica” by Mary Gaitskill. 2) “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates. She is perhaps the most prolific writer of all time (publishing an average of two novels and two short story collections every year). This story, which Oates dedicated to Bob Dylan, has been a staple of short story collections for decades. In it, a teenage girl named Connie captures the attention of a dangerous stranger. The story ends with a showdown in front of Connie’s house and will leave you checking all your doors and windows. Best Line: “Yes. I’m your lover. You don’t know what that is but you will.” Novel: “The Trial” by Franz Kafka. 3) “Stab” by Chris Adrian. Recently picked by The New Yorker magazine as one of the 20 best writers under 40, Adrian’s style is often dark and surreal. In this story, the narrator befriends Molly Matthews, a recent transplant to his small town. After discovering that Molly is responsible for the recent string of murdered animals, he watches her obsession evolve. Best Line: “She had a tendency to oppress the other children in our class with her formidable vocabulary.” Novel: “The Wasp Factory” by Iain Banks. 4) “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson. First published in The New Yorker in 1948, the story was so poorly received that many readers canceled their subscriptions and wrote hate mail for months after. Describing the brutal annual ritual of a small American town, the story points to the general inhumanity of everyday people. Best Line: “It isn’t fair, it isn’t right.” Novel: “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding. 5) “Last Night” by James Salter. Walter Such’s wife Marit is dying of cancer and she convinces him to assist her in ending her life with a morphine overdose. On her last night alive, she invites a young female family friend to dinner. But the relationships in this story are not what they seem and Walter’s affair with the family friend reveals itself to the reader. I won’t ruin the disgusting denouement but let’s just say the title of the story is ironic and cruel. Best Line: “She had a face now that was for the afterlife and those she would meet there.” Novel: “Ethan Frome” by Edith Wharton. 6) “The Red Bow” by George Saunders. In this story, which won the National Magazine Award in 2003, a town becomes consumed by pet-killing hysteria after a little girl is attacked by a dog. The anger the townspeople feel is expressed through mob violence, so it’s easy to see how this book could be read as an allegory. While Saunders’s fiction is often riddled with hilarious one-liners and ironic turnsof-phrase, this one is appropriately somber and becomes increasingly horrific. Best Line: “Kill every dog, every cat, she said very slowly. Kill every mouse, every bird. Kill every fish. Anyone objects, kill them too.” Novel: “The Plague” by Albert Camus. Read on friends. And, please, don’t kill any animals. Thomas Gebremdhin is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Friday.

Give e-books more credit

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he book, it seems, is trending down. Recent that they preferred print to its digital counterpart. years have marked a decline in sales for almost But the Times article glosses over an important all genres, a rare exception being the 6.9 percent consideration, one that for many might trump that jump in adult hardcovers in 2009. (This, of personal preference: books are however, is less characteristic of widespread expensive and, at the level of higher genre success and more an indicator of education, often exorbitantly so. This Dan Brown’s rampant, though to some demay not, at first glance, seem like a batably ill-founded, popularity among the clear-cut victory for the e-book, which masses.) In fact, the only side of the indusis still currently costlier than renting try that seems to be growing by leaps and textbooks, but there is a crucial conbounds is, predictably, the e-book, whose sideration to be taken from, of all sales on Amazon.com dwarfed even hardplaces, Metallica and the music induschris bassil covers, the company revealed in July. try. It may seem to some far-fetched just a minute Part of the appeal of the e-book is into suggest that books will one day, in dubitably linked to its novelty. They’re new electronic form, be as readily accessiand have yet to peak, and there are people who make ble for pirating online as music is now, but the reality their decisions based solely on these types of qualities. is that day is not far away. But there are definitive advantages to the e-book as Perhaps it’s the relatively clunky size of the e-book, well, such as the ability to locate words and passages or its status as a trend to be, that has so far kept OIT instantaneously via search, or just the general and more from sending out e-mail notifications regarding illicit practically minded consolidation of the bookshelf online distribution. The consequences of file sharing as (which, as a result, may be becoming more and more it applies to books, however, far outweigh those of muproverbial). Book-marking and margin notepad func- sic and film, which are ripe for leisurely and even inteltions ensure that no aspect of the traditional reading lectual consumption but do not represent as vast a disexperience is lost. Also, the perception that prices of semination of factual knowledge as textbooks. For those e-books will eventually be lowered even further relative who decry the discrepancy in education visited upon to print contributes to a certain growing fidelity on the the youth of the nation, not to mention the world, this part of consumers. Plus, they will actually give you a rea- horizon surely holds an exciting glimmer of hope as it son to own the ever-desirable iPad. applies to erasing educational inequalities. Internet acOf course, it seems that the majority of those with cess is becoming more and more readily available, be it feelings one way or the other happen to find them- in homes, schools or public libraries; it is conceivable selves hesitant to accept the e-book. A portion of the that this tech revolution is bringing with it an entirely resistance can most likely be attributed to fear of the new opportunity in the realm of education. disappearing bookshelf, the notion that print will be To those who would point to the sovereignty of the forever eradicated and that the reader will be left with publisher and their royalties as wronged by such an apthe somehow bland and unfulfilling e-book. If vinyl proach, it is necessary to recognize that same publishing records, classic cars and wood-burning fireplaces have company for what it is quickly becoming: an antiquated taught us anything though, it’s that longevity will persist and obsolete giant that serves itself further than it does so long as interest and a niche market do. And even if the intellectuals who create its products, and whose production was halted today, there would still be more nearing extinction, much like that of the record label, than enough print in circulation and warehouses to sat- marks a natural passing brought about by progress and isfy the demand of future collectors, but that’s beside the market. And to those who would undermine the the point. value of e-book dissemination based on the laws against There are more immediate concerns for some of it, know that a government should have more concern the e-book’s naysayers. A recent New York Times article in educating its people than in protecting a market that cited students at Hamilton College in their preference it cannot ever hope to effectively regulate anyway. for paper with phrases like “there can’t be a virus” and Whatever your personal preference may be, the e“it’s tempting to go on Facebook, and it can strain your book’s true merits lie far beyond Facebook and tired eyes.” The former represents an instance of ignorance eyes. Indeed, the convergence of books and technolfueled probably by the same anxiety as the student’s ogy will change the way in which we conceive of educaaversion to e-books, while the latter seems to be at once tion itself. a deflection of blame that actually originates from poor work ethic and an argument against reading in general. Chris Bassil is a Trinity junior. His column runs every In fact, three quarters of students recently surveyed by Friday. This is the conclusion of a two part series on technology the Student Public Interest Research Groups claimed and the classroom.

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